Comparison

Phonics Tutor 10 vs Simple Soroban (Abacus)

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Phonics Tutor 10

This offline educational app helps children learn phonics through interactive lessons. It covers R-Controlled Vowels with various practice modes including sound and picture matching, and drag-to-spell exercises. All content is included, requiring no login or ads.

Highlights
  • Offline phonics lessons
  • R-Controlled Vowels focus
  • Study and sound practice
  • Picture choice exercises
  • Drag-to-spell activities
  • Unit review
Features
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Phonics Tutor 10 is an offline phonics learning app for children. This episode focuses on R-Controlled Vowels. Learners move through study, sound choice, picture choice, and drag-to-spell practice. Unit review is also included after lessons. All audio, images, and lesson content are bundled in the app. No login or ads are required.

About

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

Learn and practice Japanese abacus calculations with interactive tutorials and multiple modes. Customize your abacus experience and improve mental math skills with this completely free educational tool.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorials for arithmetic
  • Freeform, Relax, Challenge, and Anzan modes
  • Configurable 7 or 9-column soroban
  • Multiple color themes
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Mental calculation training
Features
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Simple Soroban is a complete Japanese abacus in your pocket. Whether you are discovering the soroban for the first time or training for serious mental calculation, everything is included and everything is free. It's multi-touch and configurable, so it feels like a real soroban. LEARN Step-by-step interactive tutorials teach you addition, subtraction, multiplication and division from scratch. No prior knowledge needed: you will learn how to read the beads, manipulate numbers, use complements, and carry across columns at your own pace. PRACTICE Freeform mode: a realistic soroban, for homework, checkout sums or just playing with numbers Relax mode: solve calculations at your own pace and earn badges as you progress Challenge mode: race the clock and push your calculation speed to the next level Anzan mode: hides the beads so you manipulate the soroban in your mind, a technique used by mental calculation champions in Japan MAKE IT YOURS Choose between a 7-column or 9-column soroban Multiple color themes Plenty of settings to adapt the abacus to how you practice FREE, REALLY No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No data collection. Simple Soroban is completely free, with nothing to unlock and nothing tracking you. Already trusted by millions of learners on Android, now available on iPhone. Whether you are a student learning arithmetic, a teacher looking for a classroom tool, or an adult keeping your mind sharp, Simple Soroban gives you the full path from your first bead flick to calculating entirely in your head.

Screenshots

Phonics Tutor 104 screens
Simple Soroban (Abacus)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Soroban (Abacus) at Free against Phonics Tutor 10's $0.99. Simple Soroban (Abacus) also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.3 vs 26.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simple Soroban (Abacus) is free to download; Phonics Tutor 10 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Phonics Tutor 10 against 5.0 for Simple Soroban (Abacus). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Phonics Tutor 10 versus Simple Soroban (Abacus): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonics Tutor 10Simple Soroban (Abacus)
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwinlink co. ltd.Bruno Takahashi Carvalhas de Oliveira

Customer experience

Phonics Tutor 10

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Phonics Tutor 10

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Soroban (Abacus)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phonics Tutor 10 free?
Phonics Tutor 10 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Soroban (Abacus) free?
Simple Soroban (Abacus) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phonics Tutor 10 or Simple Soroban (Abacus)?
Phonics Tutor 10 and Simple Soroban (Abacus) are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Phonics Tutor 10 or Simple Soroban (Abacus) have ads?
Neither Phonics Tutor 10 nor Simple Soroban (Abacus) shows ads.

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